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Orba Warblers Golf Society Minutes of the 16th AGM Held on Thursday 26th January 2012 At Oliva Nova Golf Club
Chaired by the Society Captain Mike Boyle
Present Captain Mike Boyle Vice Captain David Knight General/Fixtures Secretary Michael Taylor Handicaps Secretary Sheila Dindar Admin/ Competitions Secretary Arthur Sullivan Treasurer Gordon Holloway Social Secretary Wendy Sullivan 26 Society Members
The meeting opened at 11.00hrs and the Captain welcomed the members. 1. Apologies Steve Robinson, John Stent, David Edwards, Dave Hucker, John Daniels, Sylvia and Jorgen Mortensen, Jack Bell, Ann Haydock. 2. Minutes The minutes of the 15th Annual General Meeting were accepted as a true record of the meeting. 3. Matters Arising There were no matters arising from the minutes. 4. General/Fixtures Secretary Report That was the year that was:
We have seen improvements to two of the courses we play over the year with not too much disruption to our play, namely Bonalba and Oliva Nova. The disruption has been worth while, as these courses have now improved even further. I will continue to keep a watching eye on the costs of play at some courses and should they become more than acceptable then we will consider altering the calendar as the year moves on. I think that generally I achieved what I wanted to achieve for the Warblers in having some serious golf alongside some fun events, sponsored events for a lot of trophies and sponsored events just for a few bottles of wine. So where do we go from here? For 2012 we have added 2 new courses to the schedule, Alenda and La Galiana with Font del Lop as stand by if the need arises. We have had problems with 1 or 2 courses this year particularly Villaitana. After various meetings and discussions with them and the threat to pull away they have reconsidered their options for 2012. Providing there are no adverse weather conditions then driving Buggies in the rough will apply to those who need it, but not on the fairway not even 90 degrees However the committee have discussed the problems in full and we are not taking any chances with this and will be prepared to alter the calendar accordingly. The final version is as per the web. Sponsorship for 2011 from various companies has been very good and I am working with a number of new companies for 2012 and also with most of the 2011 sponsors who have helped us out from week to week. I must place on record the club’s thanks to Money Corp for their input in 2011 and also what they have promised for 2012. We have some new events planned for 2012 including a 3-course challenge for which we have sponsors. Details will be made available shortly. The date of this may well have to change. The Poniente fun day is on again this year, some say it is not much fun, but with little cost and lots of goodies just laugh your way around. The away day (Captain v Vice) this year is planned for Las Colinas - a stunning course about 1.5 hours south of here and again full details nearer the date will be given. Player of the month is now in 2 divisions and we also have the monthly trophies engraved and in our hands for the full year so this will see the end of the problems we have had this year in handing out the award each month. The points system will be as follows. 1st place 25 points, 2nd place 20 points, 3rd 17, 4th 15, 5th 13, 6th 11, 7th 10 and 1 point thereafter, also to be eligible you must compete in 3 games per month. This has been agreed with the sponsor. I think the club has gone from strength to strength and I see no reason why this cannot grow. On a personal note I would like to say thanks to those who have helped me out on match days, Arthur for my constant phone calls to him, the committee for my moaning and the players who constantly forget their dentist appointment until 11pm on Tuesday night and others who forget to enter until 2am Wednesday morning and send me a text message. 5. Handicaps Secretary’s report The handicap secretary is not everyone’s favourite person but I hope you agree that handicapping has been fair and accurate in 2011. It was decided at an early committee meeting we would have a small handicap committee consisting of the Captain, Vice-captain and myself. We had a review half way through the year and a few members had adjustments made. An annual review has just been completed and two members have had handicap adjustments. The major change at the end of last year was the decision to purchase the Handicap Master software. I implemented this at the end of November. Results are now available on the HM website and I hope you enjoy following your progress with all the additional information available. Three other local societies have also switched to the system with more to hopefully follow – this will to some point end the anomaly of players having different handicaps with different societies, as handicaps will be accessible for all clubs participating. It may also assist in addressing any arguments relating to handicaps in CBL matches. There are still some glitches in the system that I hope to have ironed out over the next few months. I have requested that a user group is set up so that issues can be discussed and shared. Campbell has agreed to arrange this in early February. In the absence of any nominations for the Handicap Secretary’s position the committee have asked me as Vice-Captain Elect to continue to carry out the handicap secretary’s duties, this I am happy to do in the short term as I would particularly like to bed in the new system. The Handicap Secretary’s role requires a person with good computer skills – and a computer! – to include use of Word, Databases and Excel plus a basic understanding of the handicapping system. It obviously needs to be a member who lives here permanently. If anyone is interested and thinks they could take on this role I will be more than happy to show them the system and how reports etc. are generated. Finally, I would like to thank the committee and all the members for their support throughout the year. I wish you all a very successful 2012 6. Treasurers Report The Hon Auditor Allan Wilson presented the treasurer’s report. He pointed out that the books were once again in excellent condition and congratulated Gordon on a job well done. This year, due to some suggestions he had made, the work of auditing the accounts was much easier. Gordon Holloway proposed a membership fee of €25.00 for the coming year; this was accepted by the meeting. The full audited account is attached with these minutes. 7. Administration & Competitions Secretary’s Report I am particularly pleased that this year we have managed to finally get the new shirts for the society, shirts and sweat shirts will continue to be available for purchase. The usual competitions the Eclectic, which this year will be taking place at Bonalba, and the singles and doubles match-play, will be run as normal and if you wish to enter either of the match-play competitions there will soon be an entry form on the web site. Because of the amount of work that I undertake through the year both with my own responsibilities and helping Wendy with the quiz night and the treasure hunt etc and of course the Stella Robertson Foundation event, I have asked Paddy Kenmore to assist me with the competitions this year and he has graciously agreed. He will therefore assume responsibility for the singles and doubles match play and the Eclectic so if you wish to enter either of the match-play comps then you can tell Paddy. I would like to thank Jenny and Nick who help with the newspaper reports and the results on Bay Radio when I am unavailable. We are regularly mentioned every Saturday morning on Bay between 11 and 12. Thanks also to Stafford for his continued good work on the Web Page. 8. Social Secretaries Report Firstly I would like to thank every body that has supported social functions through the year and especially David Rogers for compiling the questions for the quiz night and also Jenny and Barbara for their help through the year and my PA Arthur. The committee decided that the football card money collected through the year should become part of the social account to cover the cost of the music at our two special events, the Summer Dance and Presentation night. You will see from the accounts that at the end of 2011 I still held €277.00 but I had to pay “Double Impact” for Presentation Night €220.00 this will of course be reflected in next years accounts. Other than the subsidy paid for the members at Presentation Night there has been no cost to the society again this year for social events. Wendy then asked for the meeting’s opinion about returning to Javea Golf Club for the Summer Dance and The Parador hotel for Presentation Night. Ron Steele stated that the food at Javea Golf could be a bit bland but the general opinion of the meeting was that we should go there again. With regard to the Parador, Wendy informed the meeting that she had an appointment to discuss the events of the evening with the management. The general opinion was the food had been good but should not have been served cold. Glynn Walters suggested that unless the management of the hotel could show they had improved their processes for serving food to the salon then we should not go again. Barbara thought that the question could be addressed after Wendy had taken the opportunity to speak with the management at the hotel. Some others felt that we should not go back there under any circumstances. Examples of the photos taken by Keith were available for people to choose the style they preferred. 9. Vice-Captains Report For me personally I have enjoyed my Captain of Vice year .I would like to thank all members for the support you have given me over the year and a lot of friendly banter between us has been pretty dam good. Also thanks to the committee for their help and guidance throughout the year. Wendy has again done us proud on the Social front, all enjoyable, a near perfect year finishing on a little Cool note !! Well done Wendy and thank you for your hard work. I took over the running of the Costa Blanca League Team in February last year and I think I’ve done well. We came second to last and were relegated from Division 1.This year however is going a lot better in the 2nd division we are in fact bottom. Is it me I ask myself?? Hopefully we can turn things around starting tomorrow against White Coast. I have enjoyed playing golf with many of you and I would like to try and play with every member this year even Derek Gray, if of course I am elected to the giddy heights of Captain. Lastly I would like to wish our Captain Mike a deserved rest from Committee life and simply enjoy this year knowing he has left the Warblers in good shape. Thank you Mike I have enjoyed being your Vice Captain last year. Best wishes to all Warblers and a great Golfing Year. 10. Captain’s Report I hope that you have had as much fun as me over the last 12 months? When given the privilege of being your Captain, I made a conscious decision to conduct myself in a manner that would hopefully inject a little humour whilst at the same time ensure that our wonderful Society had fun whilst attempting to win the plethora of prizes available each week as well as all of the Silverware on offer. The reason for taking this approach to the role was to address the balance from previous years where maybe previous Captains had tried to turn the Society into an exclusive type of golf club. Of course I am not referring to my predecessor, Bill, who did a wonderful job in his time. I hope you will agree that we have had a lot of fun over the year? Having researched the past year I was both surprised and pleased to note that we played 12 different courses. This is what I believe sets our Society apart and I believe ahead of others. I also noted that in my first round of the year (5th Jan, Alicante) I came 1st with 39 points. However I was not Captain then. My first round as Captain of course came at Bonalba (2nd Feb ) where an attempt to make my initial tee shot rather more challenging than it needed to be was made whilst my back was turned. The result on the day was a 4th place with only 30 points. Oh dear the pressure of being Captain. I requested to Michael that I would like to play with as many players as possible during my year and to some degree this was achieved. To those that have not had the pleasure of my company, I apologise. However I have played with most and can absolutely confirm that our Society has golfers of ALL abilities. It has in the main been a pleasure to work with the Committee and I am pleased to see that over the year we have improved our Handicapping system and accuracy of results. Thank you to Sheila for her hard work on both. The cost of our golf is better now than at any time previously. Thank you to Michael and Campbell Lamont for this. We have seen some progress in our understanding of the rules and etiquette of golf over the last year, however slow play is still an issue and needs more work. I hope this year’s Captain will continue to resolve this issue and wish him luck! Thank you to Arturo for his assistance here. Our social side has continued operating to its usual high standard. Thank you to Wendy for this. Thanks also to Gordon for looking after our money and always being there to reduce the contents of my wallet with a cheery smile. Which leaves just the Vice Captain? Thank you Vicey for running the CBL team and being there to take over when I have been absent. Sadly during my year we have been relegated to Division 2 of the CBL, whoops! I also note that I made a little history as Captain, by losing the away day to the Vice Captain? Not what I would have wished so again whoops! However back to thank you’s; I would like to thank all of the members for their support for both the Society and myself and for giving me some really happy memories both on and off the golf course; I have enjoyed the banter and Mickey- taking a lot. I am also pleased that we have continued supporting Nick and Jenny in their fund raising efforts for the Cancer Charity, well done to you both and thanks. Of course we have also supported the Stella Robertson Foundation and hope this also continues. Thank you to all involved for the fantastic trip to Desert Springs - I know that a lot of hard work goes into this and is always great value and very well organised. Thank you also on behalf of us all to all of the golf clubs that have looked after us so well over the year. And so in closing I wish the incoming Committee continued success and wish all of the membership health and happiness as well as improved golf over the next year. Thank you one and all. 11. Election of Honorary Auditor for 2012 Mike again thanked Allan Wilson for his exceptionally well-presented accounts and recommended to the meeting that he should be appointed to carry out this function for next year; the proposal was seconded by Gordon Holloway and carried unanimously. 12. Election of Officers for 2012 The Captain explained that as none of the positions for committee were opposed there would be no need for a vote and recommended the following people should become the committee for 2011. The meeting endorsed the proposal. The committee for 2012 General Secretary Michael Taylor Admin/Competitions Secretary Arthur Sullivan Handicaps Vacancy Treasurer Gordon Holloway Social Secretary Wendy Sullivan Vice Captain Sheila Dindar Captain David Knight
The new captain thanked Mikey for all his work through the year and explained that he had asked for the equivalent amount of money that would have been spent on his leaving present should be given to Jenny’s charity. 13. Resolutions for Debate. Proposal: Proposed by Derek Gray, seconded by Chris Hoare: The count-back system for resolving ties should be introduced for all Orba Warbler competitions not just the major trophies. Derek put forward the reasoning behind the proposal. After some discussion, during which Graham Bennington pointed out that the R & A rules recommend that count-back should be the preferred system for resolving ties, the proposal was carried. Proposal: Proposed by Paddy Kenmore, seconded by Roger Vicars: Whenever during society competitions there is a nearest the pin in two shots prize it should placed on one of the shorter par fours on the golf course. Paddy presented the proposal to the meeting. Mikey responded by apologising for the holes chosen in the previous game but informed the meeting that the committee supported this proposal and after some discussion the proposal was carried. 14. Any Other BusinessGordon asked the members to pay their subscription after the meeting if possible. Barbara asked why at the previous game where we were asked to play every shot this had made the game very slow, Michael pointed out that this was purely to enable the Player of the month result. Other members pointed out that if you cannot score you should pick up any way. Bob asked if the next fixture at La Galiana would be the new captain’s drive in and this was confirmed. David Knight asked if there would be a draw for the doubles match-play as normal and Arthur confirmed this would be the case. Michael informed the meeting that there was an opportunity for Warblers to compete in a team match at Desert Springs and asked that any one interested should contact him.
There being no further business the Captain thanked all present for attending and closed the meeting at 12.10hrs.
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